AIRCRAFT AIR HANDLING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03643310 · ltd · incorporated 1998-10-02
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-12
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  3. 2024-02-29
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  4. 2024-02-19
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2016-02-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2015-10-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-02-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  17. 2009-10-01
    ➕
    JENKS, Joan Louise appointed
    director
  18. 2005-10-01
    ➕
    JENKS, Stephen Charles appointed
    director
  19. 1998-10-02
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRCRAFT AIR HANDLING LIMITED
  20. 1998-10-02
    ➕
    JENKS, Joan Louise appointed
    secretary
  21. 1998-10-02
    ➕
    FINCH, Terry appointed
    director
  22. 1998-10-02
    ➕
    HEANUE, Ashlynn Mary appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-10-02
    ➖
    HEANUE, Ashlynn Mary resigned
    secretary
  24. 1998-10-02
    ➕
    BUTLER, Mark appointed
    director
  25. 1998-10-02
    ➖
    BUTLER, Mark resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Charles Jenks
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-10-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990

Registered office

Unit 20
Moorfields Industrial Estate
Cotes Heath Stafford
Staffordshire
ST21 6QY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

JENKS, Joan Louise→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-02
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Active
FINCH, Terry→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-10-02
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Active
JENKS, Joan Louise→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-10-01
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Active
JENKS, Stephen Charles→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-10-01
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Active
HEANUE, Ashlynn Mary→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-02 · resigned 1998-10-02
Resigned
BUTLER, Mark→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-10-02 · resigned 1998-10-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property23/02/2011—
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Recent filings (81 total)

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2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-04